polecat• Long bodies and short legs are reminders of their close relationship to weasels and polecats.• There will be no polecat with young at post number seven on the naturetrail.• Huntingstoats, polecats and weasels are a particular threat to them.• Both the redsquirrel and the polecat can be found here.• The white ferret, for example, is more visible, while the polecat is less so.• And then by the time they get their first crack at deducing who the polecat is, they will be in custody.• It is a well-knownfact that ferrets have mated with polecats in the wild.
Originpolecat
(1300-1400) Probably from Old Frenchpoul“chicken” + Englishcat